Paperback
Dutch language
Published Feb. 5, 2016 by Nieuw Amsterdam.
Vier studievrienden zoeken samen hun weg in New York: de charmante acteur Willem, de excentrieke kunstenaar JB, de getalenteerde architect Malcolm en Jude St. Francis. Jude is teruggetrokken, slim en raadselachtig, en zijn vrienden weten beter dan vragen te stellen over zijn verleden. Ze proberen zijn pijn te verlichten, maar naarmate de decennia verstrijken dringt zich de vraag op of Jude wel verlost kan worden van de demonen uit zijn verleden.
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Die ganzen Lobeshymnen und die Verheißungen, wie dieses Buch auf einen wirken soll, sind mir schleierhaft. Es hätte gewiss Potenzial gehabt, doch fand ich es trotz einiger guter Stellen über sehr, sehr weite Teile dermaßen langatmig, dass ich weder in die Handlung recht eintauchen oder eine Beziehung zu den Figuren aufbauen konnte. Ich habe irgendwann teilweise nur noch überflogen.
You need to be either sadist or masochist to endure this work without too much damage. At least 600 of the 720 pages of the book are intense descriptions of intricate sufferings. But I can tell you that you'll never look at your relationship with your significant other the same way ever again as she delves during the whole book on the relationship between the sufferer (Jude) and his friend/lover Willem. Yanagihara in her pursuit of pain is merciless and follows each ramifications to it's bitter end. A life changing work for me.
You need to be either sadist or masochist to endure this work without too much damage. At least 600 of the 720 pages of the book are intense descriptions of intricate sufferings. But I can tell you that you'll never look at your relationship with your significant other the same way ever again as she delves during the whole book on the relationship between the sufferer (Jude) and his friend/lover Willem. Yanagihara in her pursuit of pain is merciless and follows each ramifications to it's bitter end. A life changing work for me.
